Adam Swift Lucas (b. 1983) is a graphic designer, publisher, and educator living and working in Cleveland, Ohio. He runs Specific Ideas a multidisciplinary creative practice that is one part graphic design studio, one part independent publishing house; and is an Associate Professor and Chair of Graphic Design at Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA). Adam is also one-half of NEW NEW NEW an exploratory, project-based design initiative with his partner, Rachel Ferber.
Previously, Adam was an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Kansas City Art Institute; a Senior Designer at SYPartners; and a co-founder with Andrew LeClair of LeClair Lucas. He’s taught classes and workshops at Maryland Institute College of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, and Pratt Institute, among others. He’s given talks at Hauser & Wirth (Los Angeles); The University of North Carolina at Charlotte with the FATE Conference (w/ Rachel Ferber); Kenyon College as a Mesaros Visiting Artist; and AIGA with the One Designer, One Work series. Adam holds an MFA from RISD and a BA from Kenyon College. This website is typeset in True Sans and True Sans Mono from Bold Decisions designed by Mads Wildgaard.